Profits dip for state developers
The interim net profits of state-owned China Overseas Land and Investment (0688) and Poly Property (0119), fell 20 percent and 50 percent respectively yearly as residential property sales in China's first-tier cities continued to shrink.
China Overseas said its first-half net profit fell by 19.4 percent year-on-year to 13.5 billion yuan (HK$14.7 billion) as it cut its interim dividend by 12.5 percent to 35 HK cents from the previous year.
Revenue in the first six months declined 14 percent to 89.2 billion yuan from the previous year.
Meanwhile, Poly Property said its net interim profit slumped by 49.6 percent compared to the same period last year to 639 million yuan, with no dividend declared. Revenue fell 16 percent to 15.6 billion yuan.
Residential property sales in China's tier-one cities fell 22.8 percent in terms of floor area since a month ago, according to data from the China Index Academy.
Source: The Standard
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